Do You Hear What I Hear?

Rhonda Baim

WORD # 1

"In the silence

You are speaking

In the quiet I can hear Your voice..."

Everyone wants to be heard. Everyone has something to share, something to say. Have you ever noticed the dynamic in a room full of Christians? How EVERYONE wants to be the one who 'knows'? If there is a room full of Christians who truly ALL KNOW and have things to say, who then speaks? When your brother or sister in Christ comes up to you, bubbling with excitement over something the Lord just revealed to them, do you then interrupt, trying to top them with what YOU KNOW about that same thing? With what YOU just heard? Or, do you sit quietly and listen in love, rejoicing for them, that they truly hear God! Can you seriously NOT SAY ANYTHING, not NEED to be heard - just SIT THERE, nodding your head in encouragement, maybe even smiling?! Or would your pride/ego/flesh take a dive if you could not speak and be the 'one who knows'...with the enemy in your ear whispering, "Pssst...if you don't say something they'll think you don't know the Lord as well as they do - and you can't have anyone thinking that YOU don't know GOD WELL, now CAN YOU????"

Repeat the following out loud:

"IT - IS - NOT - ABOUT - ME"

As ministers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, it is our job to LISTEN. Most would not agree, instead proclaiming, "But WE ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE THE MESSAGE, therefore WE ARE THE ONES who need to be heard." But Jesus showed me a very long time ago (and asked me this day to share it with all) that when a person walks in HIS love, they will long to HEAR instead of being heard. Because in hearing (as with all other aspects of being alive) it is NOT ABOUT US - IT IS ABOUT JESUS CHRIST. AND we are to esteem others BETTER than ourselves, making that which they have to speak more important than hearing the sound of our own voice especially for the sake of proving that we know AS MUCH if not MORE than they.

About four years ago, I was experiencing serious situations with one of my children. I cried out to God and while He comforted me, I felt as if I was too close to the situation - I wanted to hear His perfect will for our lives and not just react/do things out of emotion - because as Jesus is first and foremost my heart, my children are the next part of my heart. The Word also says that it is wisdom to seek counsel, so the Lord said I could go to the leaders of the ministry I was attending at the time (as led by His Spirit).

"A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of

understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:"

---Proverbs 1:5

Keep in mind, I was never allowed by God to be part of many actual church fellowships over the first 20 years of my walk (and even still, not yet) - He kept me hidden to Himself, training me up personally, and also He was protecting me from religion/religious spirits. So for me to even be a part of a ministry was unusual in and of itself. And for Him to permit me to go to them (because He shows me all things about all those around me) was also amazing. I knew what the Lord proclaims that His church SHOULD look like, and what He has ORDAINED it to be like, and thus I sent EXPECTING to hear HIM (because truly SHOULD ONE BE IN A POSITION OF LEADERSHIP IF THEY DO NOT FULLY REPRESENT HIM???)

"For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth:

for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts."

---Malachi 2:7

Literally every person on the ministry staff that I asked for Godly counsel on how God would have me handle various aspects of this heart-breaking situation - instead of feeding me God's words of truth, wisdom, knowledge, guidance, revelation - they instead ALL SPOKE ABOUT THEMSELVES. Without fail, each person, after I shared that which I was going through and what I was needing to hear from the Lord, they would all say, "Well...let me tell you what I WENT THROUGH...."

This was so very wrong on so many different levels. How does what YOU went through minister to the hurt and need of another? Only JESUS has the words of life and light. Only Jesus can direct our path. Truly when someone comes to us to hear the word of the Lord we have NO RIGHT to speak anything other than that which the Lord would have us speak unto them. While God is the same yesterday, today and forever, He does not deal with us the same!

What if you came to me and said, "My child has changed - they seem really sullen and moody, hanging around with an entire new crowd of kids. I was picking up in their room and I found PILLS and a suicide note beside their bed - oh, I'm heartbroken - what is the Godly thing for me to do? How would the Lord have me handle this?" Only to have me respond, "You think YOU'VE got it bad, let me tell you what MY JOHNNY did...."

It's like...wait....WHAT?!?!?! HOW DOES WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU MINISTER LIFE OR GIVE GODLY DIRECTION?

And this is not to say that your story won't have a positive affect on the life of one that is hurting. As I am typing this to post (the Lord gave me this word on November 26th - November 28th, 2006, ending at 1:16 a.m.) it is today December 4th - and in the last several days I sent someone’s testimony to a hurting person and it truly encouraged them. That is not what I mean. OUR experience can come later. WISDOM would have us minister God's word FIRST and THEN, if LED, to share other things second.

Even in my situation - I was seriously heart-broken - it was an attack of the enemy against MY CHILD THAT WAS VICIOUS AND MEANT TO DESTROY. I was TRULY NEEDING AND SEEKING GOD WITH ALL OF MY HEART, SEEKING HIS WISDOM AND GUIDANCE - and all they could do was tell me THEIR STORY. These were not even 'miracle ending "we-had-similar-situations-and-look-what-God-did" sorts of stories. This was JUST ABOUT THEM!!!

Let me interject here - if a person has been through something similar and there IS A MIRACLE ENDING PRAISE GOD! If God THEN leads that person to share some sort of testimony about how God came through in a like situation, AMEN! But what I know of God is that HE DOES NOT MINISTER TO THE HEART OF NEED IN OTHERS VIA SOMEONE’S PERSONAL STORY FIRST. It is HIS WORD that we are to stand upon, HIS WORD that is 100% promises, HIS WORD that offers life and wisdom, direction and knowledge! God's WORD is to be our testimony first and foremost, for there is NOTHING ELSE that has the words we need, the words to guide, the words to direct, to edify and encourage. At the END of receiving counsel from the Lord, it would THEN be fine to say, "Be of good cheer, this XYZ happened to MY CHILD and GOD did XYZ and WORKED IT ALL OUT".

BUT...more importantly when someone is trying to go through with God..."HOW did God work it out? HOW did He have YOU walk through it? Is He giving you any revelation on what HE WOULD HAVE ME DO?"

Do you see the difference?

But the Lord isn't asking me to speak on what it would have been like had they done it RIGHT. This is about how most of the times I couldn't even hardly get my story spoken VERBALLY to any of them without their interrupting and interjecting their "Well My child did...blah blah blahs..." Because they did NOT know how to walk in love. They did not know how to listen. The did not love enough to hear and not be heard.

What is the Lord trying to say: We are to be His hands, His feet, His mouth, His heart, AND HIS EARS. He is asking for us to be discerning about that which the hurting has to say, to LISTEN to those who He sends to us for a word, for guidance, for edification. Because IT IS NOT ABOUT US - nor has it ever BEEN about US! And this isn't just for those who are in leadership, although if you ARE in a position of authority, then GOD EXPECTS YOU TO REPRESENT HIM FULLY.

HOW CAN YOU MINISTER TO THE HURTING IF YOU DO NOT LISTEN TO THEM???

I've met VERY FEW (to this day) people in the body of Christ who TRULY LISTEN to anyone else - not ever. Sure, you'll get people sitting in the pews listening if it's someone perhaps 'well known/famous' in the pulpit/on the platform. But then afterward I've seen SO MANY going up to them afterward and start talking about WHAT THEY KNOW! It becomes this seemingly never-ending contest of who knows what, how much, and are therefore closer to God! (Have you ever said to ANYONE, "I've been saved for 23 years and...." to which they DID NOT RESPOND, "Well, I HAVE BEEN SAVED for 25 YEARS and I THINK...")????!!!!

Even very seasoned representatives of Jesus Christ talk, talk, talk. There is so much "I" in ALL OF THEIR STATEMENTS. "I" did this. And then "I" did that.... Even if it's for the Lord's benefit, there should NEVER BE "I" anything! And I tell you truthfully, it is most often as the Lord is leading YOU to say something to an individual - you truly have a word for them - yet they will speak (if they can even wait long enough for you to finish speaking) - just HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING, ANYTHING - just to make it seem as if they are at least EQUAL to you in all things God.

PRIDE - PRIDE is what makes people unable to just receive the word of the Lord - it's as if hearing quietly will make them appear less...less...holy? knowledgeable? close to God? in some way.

And the subject of competition and jealousy is also yet for another day.

In THIS INSTANCE the Lord is speaking about HEARING - about LISTENING.

It doesn't matter what you think you have to say. You do not have the words of eternal life - only Jesus does. YOUR OPINION ABOUT ANYTHING DOES NOT MATTER - not ever. IT IS NOT ABOUT YOU. God is asking that you STOP TALKING SO MUCH AND START LISTENING! To Him first and foremost, and then to those He sends in your path.

LISTEN AND HEAR THEM with His ears and His heart.

Then LISTEN TO JESUS to give you that which HE would have them hear in response to that which they have spoken.

KEEP YOURSELF OUT OF THE EQUATION!

Other than being a receptacle - the receiver of God's voice - YOU SHOULD ONLY BE A CONDUIT THROUGH WHICH HE MINISTERS! The conduit through which this encounter with God occurs for the one who is in need!

DO YOU SEE???

"Who has ears let him hear what the Spirit saith" has an obvious interpretation. However, take it to yet another level...who has EARS TO HEAR? DO YOU? Do YOU LISTEN? ARE YOU WILLING FOR IT TO NOT BE ABOUT YOU SO THAT YOU CAN BE A BLESSING TO SOMEONE ELSE? STOP TALKING ABOUT YOUR LIFE! STOP TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK! STOP TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU FEEL! STOP TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU NEED! STOP TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH!

INSTEAD -

Start HEARING.

Start LISTENING TO JESUS SPEAKING ABOUT THE LIVES OF OTHERS

Start LISTENING TO OTHER PEOPLE'S NEEDS

START LISTENING TO WHAT THE LORD HAS TO SAY ABOUT ALL THINGS

We are to die so that Christ can rule and reign THROUGH US - so that HE CAN MINISTER TO THE NEEDS OF OTHERS THROUGH US.

PUT GOD'S WORDS ON YOUR TONGUE - SURRENDER YOUR MOUTH AND LIPS THAT YOU MAY SPEAK FORTH FROM THIS DAY FORWARD ONLY THAT WHICH GOD GIVES YOU TO SPEAK UNTO THOSE HE SENDS TO YOU - AND THEN ONLY SPEAK AFTER YOU HAVE LISTENED TO THAT HURTING ONE WITH GOD'S HEART OF LOVE AND COMPASSION!

THUS SAITH THE LORD:

"Truly My beloved, I need you to humble yourselves always before me and before others. Did I not don a cloth about my loins that I might wash the feet of My disciples? I came to serve all! You MUST FORGET ABOUT YOU and focus SOLELY ON ME. As I begin to release My judgments , those through whom My light shines brightly will then become a beacon in the midst of destruction and devastation. MANY shall be frightened and lost because they do not know Me. CAN I TRUST YOU WITH MY WORDS IN THIS HOUR? WILL YOU SPEAK MY WORDS unto those that I send to you or will you speak your own? You CANNOT HELP ANYONE WITHOUT ME - without Me all shall perish. Therefore BE SLOW TO SPEAK, quick to listen. Be long-suffering, taking no thought for your self or fleshly needs - instead, SERVE ONLY. Listen to those I send unto you. Then ask of ME! Surrender your ears and you shall hear that which I would speak unto them. Surrender your mouth and I will fill it with My words! Yea, I will teach you how to speak forth My words in season to him that is weary. LISTEN! LISTEN! LISTEN! The hour is LATE. ESTEEM MY WORDS FOR THEY ALONE ARE LIFE AND TRUTH.

Isaiah 50:4: "The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

Philippians 2:1-8

1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Who has ears let him hear what the Spirit saith...

As The Lord Speaks

Via His Messenger

November 26-28, 2006

(finished) 1:16 A.M.

In His Unfailing Love Ministries

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WORD # 2

HOLY SPIRIT: The Son's VERY BEST GIFT

Rhonda Baim

The Lord has had me studying Zechariah since November 18Th (2006). Today is December 4Th (2006) and I am still on Chapter 1 - specifically verses 4 through 17 (Zechariah's first vision), and this morning from 2:00 A.M. on, specifically verses 12 through 17, which involve the intercession of the angel of the Lord with the Lord (Jesus with God the Father) (vs. 12); the response of the Lord (vs. 13), and the commission of the prophet (vs. 14-17). Also in verses 9, 13 and 14, you will see the person of the Holy Spirit (here represented with "the angel that talked with me/the angel that communed with me")

Zechariah 1

1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

2 The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.

3 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.

4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.

5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

7 Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

8 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.

9 Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.

10 And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.

11 And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.

12 Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?

13 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.

14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.

15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

(EMPHASIS MINE)

The depth of understanding afforded here is amazing...for example, verse 12 records the wonderful truth of the doctrine of intercession of Jesus Christ on our behalf. But specifically in respect to that which the Lord has asked me to speak of THIS DAY: it also precisely reveals the three persons of the Godhead interacting with each other (if you ever need scriptural Old Testament proof of the 3-In-1 Trinity you will find it in these verses) and the clear parallel to Holy Spirit Himself.

(1) GOD the FATHER (Lord, vs. 10; Lord of Hosts, vs. 12; Lord, vs. 13)

(2) GOD the SON (a man riding upon a red horse, vs. 8; the man that stood among the myrtle trees, vs. 11; the angel of the Lord, vs. 12)

(3) GOD the HOLY SPIRIT (my Lord, vs. 9; the angel that talked with me, vs. 9, 13; the angel that communed with me, vs. 14)

In these scripture passages, the one delivering the prophet's commission on behalf of the Lord (vs. 13) is the angel that communed with me. He ministers both on behalf of the angel of the Lord (Second Person Of The Trinity = Jesus, vs. 9, 12a) AND the Lord of Hosts/Lord (First Person of the Trinity=God the Father, vs. 12-13) thus this angel is subservient to both as Holy Spirit is to the Father and Son. This angel is both channel and interpreter of revelation - also ministries which are clearly performed by Holy Spirit. He sustains a close and personal relationship with the man of God (prophet) and enables him to understand what God has revealed.

There is much you can learn from these verses. As He was sharing with me, I began to weep and apologized to Holy Spirit for not pursuing Him more (no, I am not saying that I haven't not pursued Him at all...I said MORE). As a Jewish girl I came to know The Lord Of Hosts/God The Father/Abba intimately. When I got saved, Jesus called me unto Himself to become His personal handmaiden. I haven't NOT paid attention to Holy Spirit, but it has been a hunger in my heart to really KNOW HIM. Last night that hunger was almost tangible - and I asked Him to forgive me and to also give me deeper revelation of Himself.

As I was asking this, the Lord said, "ALL OF MY BODY needs to cry out for deeper intimacy with My Spirit. ALL OF MY BODY needs to start respecting the "office" of Holy Spirit and not only press in to know HIM INTIMATELY but also to seek HIM OUT according to those things that I sent Him to do. For My body would have much deeper understanding of the revelations of My kingdom if they would but go to Holy Spirit to whom understanding is granted to be given unto you." (2:50 A.M. - 2:52 A.M.)

At 2:54 A.M. in the seer realm, the Lord showed me Holy Spirit in the picture of a loyal and faithful servant - He had a gentle face and soft smile, yet a face that displayed much wisdom. He was standing constantly at attention, just beside me, and that which the Lord spoke unto me to describe Him showed Him as like a butler - I saw Him with a tray upon which He holds all the wisdom, knowledge, revelation from the Father and Son - ready to serve it unto us quietly, patiently, faithfully.

He then had me get out my 'prophetic' dictionary and look up the following:

butler= the head male servant in a household, in charge of the pantry

pantry= a small room in which the food, dishes, silverware, or table linen is kept

food = anything that plants, animals, people eat, drink, taste or take in THAT MAKES THEM LIVE AND GROW; anything that causes growth (3:03 A.M.)

At 3:25 A.M. the Lord gave me a message for America (which can not yet be released).

He then told me to read a book about Holy Spirit (3:44 A.M.) which I have no idea WHEN it entered my library - but truly it sat upon the shelf with many other anointed books until the appointed time for me to begin reading them -the exact right time - which was this morning.

The Lord said unto me,

"I save My best wine until last - THESE ARE THE DAYS - NOW IS THE TIME - of the best wine. Tell My beloved ones that they NEED TO EXPERIENCE HOLY SPIRIT INTIMATELY, PERSONALLY - EACH DAY. For truly HE IS A PERSON and My Son assigned Him unto you as helper. He represents Us. He breathes life into all of My plans, without drawing attention to Himself (confirmation of the quiet butler-servant image! - 4:03 A.M.). He reveals MY THOUGHTS to you and your thoughts unto Me. He is the One who fills human vessels with My revelation. He sets My divine power in motion. Many wonder WHY the church (especially in America) is so powerless. (I heard Jesus say "Got Power???" 4:07 A.M.)"

(NOTE FROM HIS MESSENGER: As I was doing the news late on 12/03/06 before going to our secret place to study and receive all of this, the Lord had shown me many stories about the weekend snowstorm - many headlines said "Midwest still powerless" or "Thousands powerless in Missouri" - He said loudly "they are POWER-less" -- yet MORE CONFIRMATION before He even started speaking to me about Holy Spirit)

"This is the reason - they do not have a relationship with My Spirit...do not intimately know Him. From the moment Holy Spirit came upon My Son Jesus at His baptism, He was anointed with power that HAD NO LIMITATION. (John 3:34)It is to be the same with you. DO YOU KNOW HIM???(4:08 A.M.)

At 4:14 A.M. the Lord Jesus spoke, "Tell them to let Holy Spirit orchestrate their wilderness experiences that they will not emerge until they are FULLY PREPARED, READY, emerging in profound power to preach, to teach, to heal, to deliver. For it is Holy Spirit that leads you into truth and shows you things to come (John 16:13). When I came out of the wilderness (John 4:14) even I CAME OUT in Holy Spirit's POWER! Beloved, to COME OUT IN POWER you must first let Him lead you INTO the wilderness (4:12 A.M.). For TRULY His anointing was upon Me - I overcame temptation IN HIS POWER and IN THAT SAME POWER I began to minister on My Father's behalf ALSO MARKED BY PREACHING AND TEACHING, with signs, wonders, miracles, healings and deliverance FOLLOWING! Yea, you CANNOT PERFORM ANY MIRACLES APART FROM HOLY SPIRIT'S POWER. And I warn you: DO NOT GET TO KNOW HIM FOR THE PURPOSE OF USING HIM TO GAIN POWER FOR THE SAKE OF POWER - HE KNOWS YOUR HEART AND REVEALS YOUR HEARTS UNTO ME (4:18 A.M.) ASK Him to fill you with the hunger to WANT to get to know Him (for Himself!) and to reveal the motives of your heart in doing so, that it shall be pure! (4:19 A.M.)"

In John 14:16, Jesus said (paraphrased) 'I'm going to ASK the Father to give you Holy Spirit'. As He had me study it out He said that ASK is a strong legal word - meaning Jesus was saying, "I have a legal right to ask the Father to give you Holy Spirit. Then He pointed out that HE SAID TO US, "ASK" in His name? (John 14:13: And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son; John 14:14: If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.) As the Father gave Jesus the right to ASK, so Jesus gave unto US the LEGAL RIGHT TO ASK FOR MORE of HOLY SPIRIT! 4:26 A.M.

While Jesus was ministering upon this earth, He did those things the Father showed Him ONLY WITH THE HELP OF HOLY SPIRIT.

Jesus lay down His life ONLY THROUGH THE POWER OF HOLY SPIRIT

Jesus was raised from the dead ONLY BY THE POWER OF HOLY SPIRIT

Holy Spirit wanted to relay the following:

"I DWELL WITH YOU...I COMMUNICATE WITH YOU - I desire to help you by becoming intimately involved in every aspect of your life" (4:22 A.M.)

The VERY BEST GIFT Jesus could give us to help us succeed in this walk is Holy Spirit.

The FATHER'S VERY BEST GIFT WAS HIS SON JESUS

The SON'S VERY BEST GIFT WAS HIS HOLY SPIRIT (4:23 A.M.)

His (Holy Spirit's) VERY CALLING is to COME ALONGSIDE OF US AND HOLD ONTO US. TO BRING US THROUGH THE TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS OF LIFE. (4:33 A.M.)

He is a person, CALLED TO BE WITH EACH OF US AS LONG AS WE LIVE...

He will abide with you and with me FOREVER (John 14:16)

The Father and His Son are admonishing all of us to stop ignoring the PERSON OF HOLY SPIRIT - He is NOT A BIRD HE IS A PERSON. YOU WILL NEVER EXPERIENCE THE FULLNESS OF ALL THAT THE LORD HAS ORDAINED AND PROMISED FOR THESE, THE LAST HOURS, IF YOU CONTINUE TO IGNORE, REJECT, FORGET ABOUT THE PERSON OF HOLY SPIRIT. It has gone too long that He has been neglected by the Body of Christ. NO LONGER.

Who has ears let him hear what the Spirit saith...

As The Lord Speaks

Via His Messenger

December 4Th, 2006

2:00 A.M. - 4:33 A.M.

In His Unfailing Love Ministries

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WORD # 3

HOLY SPIRIT: The Son's VERY BEST GIFT PART 2

Rhonda Baim

"But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world."

---Galatians 6:14

As I continue in obedience in this beloved journey toward depth of intimacy with Holy Spirit, He continually reveals things for me to speak to you on His behalf. This morning (beginning at 1:59 A.M.) He was talking to me about His gifts unto the Body -

G - I - F - T - S

for truly human spirit cannot generate such gifts as His spiritual gifts unto us (those of: word of wisdom, word of knowledge, discernment of spirits, prophecy, tongues, interpretation of tongues, faith, healing, miracles) and we have NO CLAIM TO THEM FOR THEY ARE HIM, FREELY GIVEN AS HE WILLS.

Holy Spirit Says:

"I AM THE GIVER OF THESE GIFTS. NONE CAN EARN THEM - THEY ARE MINE TO GIVE AS I WILL. EACH AND EVERY GIFT I BESTOW - ALL OF THEM - ARE FOR THE COMMON GOOD, FOR THE BENEFIT OF OTHERS AND FOR EVERYONE’S' PROFIT - NOT monetary profit but SPIRITUAL growth and depth of insight! THERE CAN BE NO SELLING OF MY WORDS for THEY ARE NOT YOUR WORDS TO SELL - not as books, not as tapes, not as personal prophetic words - MY WORDS ARE NOT FOR SALE NOR ARE THEY FOR PERSONAL GAIN. For HOW CAN YOU SELL SOMETHING THAT YOU DO NOT OWN? (2:12 A.M.) THE PURPOSE OF MY GIFTS ARE TO MANIFEST THE POWER OF GOD - to teach! to preach! to edify! to deliver! to bring judgment! And you wonder why the western church is so powerless!

"So many of you FIND YOUR IDENTITY IN MY GIFT - many of you think if you take away the gift then you'll be nobody. Therefore you have been deceived into believing you ARE your gift -that it defines you.

"BUT - IF YOU WERE SUBMITTED UNTO GOD, OBEDIENT UNTO THE CROSS, DEAD UNTO SELF, you would rejoice in knowing that you are already NOBODY!

"YOU ARE NOT YOUR GIFT!

"YOUR IDENTITY IS CHRIST AND NOT THE GIFT I HAVE GIVEN UNTO YOU! (5:45 P.M.)

"THAT IS WHY jealousy, envy, strife, division and competition currently define the church - because you are finding your identity in My gifts and walking after your own flesh/self/pride/ego. Did I not say My gifts would bring UNITY? (1 Corinthians 12:8) FOR BY ONE SPIRIT ARE YOU ALL BAPTIZED INTO ONE BODY! Yet most of you cannot see beyond SELF, be it self-worth or self-promotion, or self-exaltation. I NEVER ASKED YOU TO BECOME MY GIFTS. O YE VAIN GENERATION! You claim to be baptized of My Spirit yet WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE? My baptism SETS YOU ON FIRE - EMPOWERING YOU TO BECOME WITNESSES FOR CHRIST JESUS WITH SIGNS AND WONDERS FOLLOWING (2:18 A.M.) THE KEY IS THAT THESE MANIFESTATIONS OF MY GIFTS ARE TO PROFIT OTHER PEOPLE! Yet I Am GRIEVED that so many allow self accolades, importance, the need to be seen, the need and desire for personal power, prosperity and fame to become MORE IMPORTANT THAN THOSE FOR WHOM MY GIFTS WERE MEANT.

"IT ISN'T ABOUT YOU.

"IT WAS NEVER ABOUT YOU.

"You shall KNOW when My gifts are truly in operation - for people will profit from them. My gifts edify - My gifts bless - My gifts change - My gifts encourage - My gifts transform - BECAUSE I MOVE THROUGH MY GIFTS (2:23 A.M.)"

THUS SAITH THE LORD JESUS CHRIST:

"How much longer do you think I will allow you to steal My glory?

"How long shall you cause My glory to cease? and cast My throne down to the ground?

"It is better NOW rather than later to submit to My judgment - to repent and allow the motives of your heart to be cleansed...(6:10 P.M.)

"...else as you have increased your own self at My expense, robbing Me of My Glory, yea, I shall truly change "your" glory into shame." (6:30 P.M.)

Psalm 29:2
Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

Psalm 89:44
Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

Psalm 96:3
Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.

Psalm 96:8a
Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name:

Isaiah 42:8
I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

Hosea 4:6-7
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.

Malachi 2:1-3
1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.

Matthew 16:26
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Mark 8:36
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

John 7:18
He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

John 8:50
And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

Acts 12:23
And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

1 Corinthians 1:31
That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 9:16
For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!

1 Corinthians 10:31
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 10:33
Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

1 Corinthians 12:7
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.

2 Corinthians 10:17
But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 12:5-7, 10-11
5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.
6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

Galatians 5:26
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Ephesians 3:21
Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

Philippians 3:18-20
18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

1 Thessalonians 2
1 For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
2 But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.
3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:
15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
20 For ye are our glory and joy.

James 3:13-15
13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

1 Peter 1:23-25
23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

1 Peter 5:11
To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Jude 1:25
To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

Who has ears let him hear what the Spirit saith...

As The Lord & Holy Spirit Speak
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December 7th, 2006
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WORD #4

The Lord Sent Me A Pearl
Rhonda Baim

At 3:33 PM today (3 is the symbolic number standing for completeness!) I was looking out my front window in my kitchen - for the last few weeks the Lord has had me feeding the wild birds in the neighborhood and it gives me great joy to look at them as they enjoy the Lord's bounty. At this exact moment the Lord told me to look outside and check the area where I toss their food upon the ground...

As I looked at the ground (remember, I see this area regularly as I feed them - I know what's out there and usually it's just bare dirt and seed)...

THERE ON THE GROUND WAS A SINGLE PEARL

I was so excited - the first thing that came to mind was those heavenly jewels that people have been finding for awhile this year (the Lord has promised me one therefore it is with expectancy that I look for Him to fulfill His promise!) - I went outside to get the pearl and brought it upstairs to my secret place. (His timing is SO PERFECT - we are expecting snow in the next day or so and it would have been not so easy to see a pearl in the snow!)

I asked, "Lord, what does this pearl mean that you have given unto me this day?"

He said, "A pearl serves as a simile for My kingdom (see Matthew 13:46) and a metaphor for truth (see Matthew 7:6). I give you this pearl because you are the forerunner preparing the way for My coming kingdom, and you are the one I trust with My words of truth. You are My beloved and I love you..."

I submit this with great awe and humility...He is my love and He is all I live for....

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November 28th, 2006

4:30 PM

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WORD # 5

The Lord Sent Me A SECOND PEARL!!!

Rhonda Baim

Today the Lord sent me to minister encouragement to a dear friend of 17 years who is getting ready to experience God in a whole new way. I left when the Lord told me to leave - nothing unusual, just got in my car and left.

Went to visit my daughter afterward (also as instructed by the Lord)...did the things He asked me to do toward her.

Left to come home at the appointed time.

I pulled into my parking space (which is right in front of my door)..we have a very busy parking lot with lots of people coming and going day and night.

I pulled in, turned off my engine, opened my door, and swung my feet out of my driver's side door...there at my feet was another pearl. Sitting right there literally at my feet - not too close or too far...exactly placed at my feet!!!

It wasn't there when I left.

I picked it up and looked all around to see if I could find any more - none to be seen anywhere...none on the sidewalk, none in the parking lot, none under my front bushes...

The Lord is strategically putting them where I can find them...

I love Him so very much...

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November 29th, 2006 @ 12:40 P.M.

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"The Nativity Story"
Rhonda Baim

"The Nativity Story" opened in theaters nationwide yesterday (December 1st, 2006)...this is an anointed, must-see epic event that God is well pleased with.

The only word to describe it is "awesome"

Holy Spirit's response within me as I watched was sweet and touching. When Jesus was born we wept together, He and I.

And when the wise men come and offer their gifts...

"Gold - for The King of kings

"Frankincense - for The Priest of all priests

"Myrrh - to honor The Sacrifice...."

...I was undone.

The Lord sent me to view it at a 16 screen movie theater, first showing on opening day. Taped to the counter where you purchase the tickets was a newspaper article: "(NOT THE) Greatest Story Ever Told"... interesting that a theater selling tickets would post an article slamming one of the films being seen there - interesting that it was ONLY God's movie that was the only one being slammed. During previews they advertised a movie titled Mimzy, where two siblings begin to develop "special talents" after they find a mysterious box of toys.... Soon the kids, their parents, and even their teacher are drawn into a strange and sometimes terrifying world." - THIS MOVIE IS DEMONIC, to be released in 2007 - DON'T FALL FOR IT - supernatural doesn't always mean GODLY!

EVEN WITH THESE ATTEMPTS TO DETER (THE ARTICLE, THE DEMONIC PREVIEWS) NOTHING CAN QUENCH THE ANOINTING OF GOD THAT COMES FROM THIS MOVIE....

TRULY A BLESSING (and not a Christmas movie for Jesus was not born in December nor does He honor Christmas) - this movie celebrates His birth and gives a perspective that was inspiring.

AWESOME...

His Messenger
December 2nd, 2006
5:28 PM

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